# GPM (software)

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**GPM** ("General Purpose Mouse") software provides support for [mouse](/source/Mouse_(computing)) devices in [Linux](/source/Linux) [virtual consoles](/source/Virtual_console_(PC)). It is included in most [Linux distributions](/source/Linux_distribution).

[ncurses](/source/Ncurses) supports GPM; many applications use ncurses mouse-support. Other applications that work with GPM include [Midnight Commander](/source/Midnight_Commander), [Emacs](/source/GNU_Emacs), and [JED](/source/JED_(text_editor)).

## See also

- [moused](/source/Moused), a mouse-driver for [FreeBSD](/source/FreeBSD)

## Sources

- [*Linux in a Nutshell*](http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=g/gpm). 5th ed. [O'Reilly Media](/source/O'Reilly_Media). 27 July 2005. ISBN 0-596-00930-5.

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